Plaques – History on the Wall

Over the last forty-odd years, money earned by the Society’s Town Tours and Slide/Tape Presentations has enabled the erection of a number of plaques around the town, in conjunction with other local organisations and descendants. This was to create a lasting memorial of Newark’s famous citizens, businesses and events. The plaques have all been photographed, and form the basis of this report. The first plaque was erected in 1973, and marks the birthplace of the nationally known artist, Sir William Newsome Prior Nicholson (born in 1879). Costs for this plaque are unrecorded, but the second plaque, on the birthplace of Sir Donald Wolfit, cost no more than £12 10s 6d.! Contrast this with today’s prices: a recent plaque, in 2013, to commemorate George (Willie) Hall, the International footballer, cost over £450!

The Society’s plaques are dedicated as tabulated below. Each is dedicated to a named individual or his bequest:-